Firefox & Co. as an e-book readers use

Firefox & Co. as an e-book readers use

W ebseiten are built very differently, because the producers are trying to low (screen) space to accommodate as much as possible. Especially with a longer interesting text, possibly even extending over several pages, formatting, menus, sidebars, etc. are often disturbing. Therefore, Appel's Safari browser in its new version of an idea taken up that has been around longer: By clicking a reader-friendly text page is created in an e-book. All the rest is thrown overboard for the moment. In most cases, the software recognizes the "chief article" of the current page to function properly and gets even body parts that are scattered across several screens to the article "in a ...

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Firefox for Teachers

Firefox for Teachers

Z is my new offer was only officially next week go to the start - but ultimately to the readers of men's blogs also get a head start: "Firefox for teachers - The teachers Firefox" will be available at the link teacher-firefox.de. Is intended for people who are not very familiar with the possibilities of an expanded browser, but the functions really well could use in their everyday work (for archiving information, export of tables, designing presentations, etc., etc.). Therefore, the first steps deliberately kept simple, integrated video and charts - and of course the text is didactic. You never know what you teachers ...

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Firefox 3.5 and Tab Mix Plus

Firefox 3.5 and Tab Mix Plus

S ince there yesterday, so the final version of Firefox 3.5 (update with the menu item "Help") first. As usual it will take several days for the most important extensions are adapted. But there is the add-on "Tab Mix Plus" is used by many, plus a quick tip: Use Firefox 3.5 works the developer version, which can be downloaded here. I personally use often the setting by double clicking on the tab bar at the same time close all tabs. After I enabled it, but FF completely closed 3.5. Finally, I'm in the "behavior" found the "window open when you close the last tab". Tick. From now close to ...

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Firefox: Liquor mouse

Firefox: Liquor mouse

I guess times ch that is installed at over 90% of Firefox users, an extension for mouse gestures (unless one uses the browser generally without any extension). And at least the ultra-short "fronds" to the left or right with the mouse, the scroll can be an example, one page, is something that you need a few hundred times a day. Until recently I had used this FireGestures, but am now to Mouse Gestures Redox changed sides (on the homepage there is a new version). It is precisely at the beginning it is very useful that it is customary in the sidebar of Firefox every time a list of the individual gestures Show kann.Wie you can add to the list with your own movements, or any ...

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Cut it short, Firefox!

Cut it short, Firefox!

T he Twitter I learned to appreciate the services that shorten the incredibly long URLs. This is useful not only for the micro-service, but also in daily email correspondence. There are still some unpredictable receiver settings in their mail program and fail if this a long link, for example, wraps to two lines. If you look at the "F" button, the browser extension "Foxy URL" pushes his next address field, the future costs just a click away: a little window pops up immediately on the short URL, you can send. - And since we're on the subject "save space": there is a "rubber band" for the Firefox search box top right. With the extension "Searchbar ...

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